Scanguard Laser Show Analysis Software

The kind of lasers used for display applications possess the potential to cause injury to eyesight if they are used in situations that shine the laser light in a direction so that the light touches the audience. Therefore it is important for the venue owner and laser operator to be sure that any laser light they are pointing at the audience is below the internationally accepted safety levels (MPEs).

Being able to determine what the MPEs (Maximum Permissible Exposure levels) are for laser displays is not a straightforward task and requires a good working knowledge of the laser safety standards, mathematics, and geometry. It is therefore no surprise that for many years laser operators have simply had to shy away from the MPE assessment process, and concentrate on what they can do best which is to use their skills to create artistic displays. The resulting situation being that some would not perform effects that illuminated the audience, or in the absence of calculated data, were being told by regulators not to perform such effects. In other instances some would take a guess at what they felt was safe, which may or may not mean exposing people to harmful levels of laser light.

The Scanguard laser show safety analysis software is designed to help situations commonly encountered by laser operators, and make the whole assessment process much more manageable, in providing detailed information on exposure levels and MPEs for a wide range of laser effects. Scanguard is the first software in the world to offer the analysis of complex laser effects, removing much of the guesswork and headache out of checking the safety levels of such effects.

• Scanned Laser Effect Analysis of Flat Scans, Sweeps and Tunnels
• ILDA File Laser Effect Energy Distribution Plotting
• Mirror Ball Sweeping Beam Effect Analysis
• Analyse the Energy Distribution of Complex Laser Effects & Animated
• Create Reports Data for Risk Assessment/Regulatory Requirements

There are four different versions of the software, which offer varying degrees of detail in the type on analysis provided. The different versions are listed below: